USH'S MATRIX GAME 2006 FOURTH ASSIGNMENT (COMBAT)- 'The Real'

Alright, then Barb will take the front gun.

"Been awhile since I've had to man one of these puppies." He says gleefully, as he settles in and begins warming up the Targeting system.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Unfortunately, lacking Hoverpilot won't cut it for flying. So Marduk will have to take the helm.

Incidentally, Finn and Ariadne can both shoot a little.

Damn. Would Finn be better at it than one of us?

If not, San will take the remaining gun. Melis, are you going top or bottom?

(...that sounds amusing...)

Cloud, it's going to be up to you to help keep track of what's going on.

Yeah, I can do that.

Okay. I'd say then, stay with Marduk and Finn for now, unless they have anything they want you to do...

...and I'd also say keep an energy weapon nearby, just in case.

Barb still has his Plasma Rifle.

I'll grab the bottom gun.

Sounds good, I was going to put San on the top turret anyway.

And Barb gives me an idea that would probably be helpful. I think it'd be a good idea for everyone to keep their energy guns nearby. That way if worse comes to worse and sentinels get inside the ship, we don't need to waste time arming ourselves. That suggestion is for both ships, btw.

To make up for the fact that San and Melis are crappy gunners and Barb is only decent at best, we're going to have to really fight smart here and pay very close attention to what everyone is doing. Our best chances would be for San and Melis to target squids that Barb has damaged but not killed, I think. We'll also need to very much take advantage of the facts that the Percy is the small speedy ship and Marduk is a very good pilot.

Thankfully of the two ships, we're the one that's generally better at planning and coordinating and paying attention, so that should help 😛

"I hardly know what I'm doing with this thing..." San says in response to Barb, settling in her turret. "You'll need to hit whatever you can, and Melis and I will clean up whatever's not destroyed as best we can."

I know it probably isn't, but Ush, is it possible for the Shez to cover the Percy if things get out of hand for them?

Not in the way you mean. But the positioning of the two ships is taken into account in the battle system, so one ship can move to a position which means attacks on a damaged part of the other may cease.

Okay, that could also be very very helpful.

"Don't worry 'lil lady, I have never liked missing my targets." He replies over the Comms. Theres a smile in his voice.

Cloud will grab the plasma gun, just in case anything goes wrong. He'll then check on the Philo players stats, and the operators station to make sure things are going well with the other team. The nhe'll head to the cockpit and call "Where do you need me cap?"

*Sigh*
Calimari cookers guys..
Cmon! Whats the use of generating RP slang if we don't USE it!
The same way me and Rex are trying to bring Coppertop Killer back in vogue to replace CC

Holy crap, somehow I forgot about that term, and I was the one that invented it, too...

I was going to say Calamari cooker, but Barb said Plamsa gun and I thought I'd sound even more geeky if I had.

Cloud, Philo players are... wait... ok, no, they're fine. There was a bit of disruption on the signal there for a moment, probably to do with interfacing with the Door. Not that you are an expert. Heart rates etc. are up. They are nervous about something.

"Keep checking the ship for hull breaches," says Marduk. "The sensors don't always pick them up, especially if the Sentinels have destoyed the sensors."

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Just so we are sure, Shez is in the lead, Percy behind. By default, that currently means Shez will get fewer rear attacks, the Percy fewer frontal.

Why put the bigger, less nimble ship up front?

Why do you think?

Seeing as we're charging straight into a mass of Sentinels, the Shez will be able to use all five of its guns to fire forwards. The Percy would have trouble with that- less guns, less skilled gunners.

San, maybe you and Barb should switch. If the Percy is going to be facing more rear attacks than frontal attacks, it would be down to you and Melis; Barb can't fire backwards.

EDIT- oops, wrong thread